conform

“He’s the one who questioned authority, fought for himself, refused to bow down or conform, and was like non serviam. That was a metaphor that resonated very strongly with me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

To overcome those limitations, the researchers developed a powder that can conform to wounds of many different shapes and sizes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Evolving standards of decency,” Kennedy continued, “must embrace and express respect for the dignity of the person, and the punishment of criminals must conform to that rule.”

From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026

In other cases, they change their speech and behavior to accommodate or conform to the administration’s worldview.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

In our way, we conform as best we can to the rest of nature.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

While backing France's right to impose such a ban, the European Commission in January said that any enforcement would lie with the European Union, provided the bill conforms to the bloc's laws.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

The bill has already had to be redrafted to take account of questions raised by the Council of State, the body which previews draft legislation to ensure it conforms with French and European law.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

Jeremy Grantham’s Wall Street career exactly conforms to this charmed sequence, but with what troubles along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Instead of inserting a probe into the brain, the new version gently conforms to the skull surface and shines light through the bone.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

It conforms to Alexander Pope’s definition of simplicity as “the mean between ostentation and rusticity.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

When the time came to actually run it, Kerr and his team made sure that everything conformed to competition specifications so his time would count as an actual record, not a stunt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

When researchers applied a small electrical potential, the cornea gradually softened and conformed to the shape of the lens.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

That followed a dispute with the UK government, which refused to grant the scheme the go-ahead unless it conformed to a UK-wide approach excluding glass.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

The man who glowered before him conformed to the classic stereotype of Marine barber Ben had envisioned in his mind: the face was saturnine, pock-marked, and the mouth was grim.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

For 2026, Freddie and Fannie have a conforming limit of $832,750 for single-family home loans, though the limit can increase as much as 50% — to $1,249,125 — in certain high-cost areas.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

The trick was to be taken seriously as a professional without appearing to care about conforming to a standard and certainly without showing that one actually cared.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

The source and cause of the quality issue have been identified and addressed, and all newly produced panels are now conforming to requirements, an Airbus spokesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

The average rate last week on a 5/1 Arm was 5.55%, compared with a 6.37% average rate for a conforming 30-year fixed-rate loan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

As we walked rapidly along I abruptly resented the bell and my West Point stride and hurrying and conforming.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles